Sign Language FAQ
What is the comparison between ASL and Spoken Language?

It seems, that with the difference of speech and speech related matters which has to do with the auditory sense, all other ingredients to qualify as a language is present in ASL. Spoken language is interpreted by being able to hear while the eyes have taken over this specific sense's function to receive communication, as it is the case in al sign language users.

ASL

Spoken Language

Comparisons:

geography

geography

culture

culture

history

history

alphabet

alphabet

vocabulary

vocabulary

grammar

grammar

dictionary

dictionary

uniformity

uniformity

regulated

regulated

freedom to develop

freedom to develop

Contraventions:

gestures (hand's, face and body)

speech

body language

punctuation

The graph here above clearly shows the building blocks which most modern languages have in common with ASL and the critical factors that firmly entrenches it in history as a vibrant living language. The only contraventions in the use of ASL, lies in expression to convey intelligent communication.